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UNIT OUTLINE REPORT
EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF COMPUTING, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
UNIT TITLE : Principles of Industrial Maintenance
UNIT CODE : ENS2170
CREDIT POINTS : 15
FULL YEAR UNIT : No
MODE OF DELIVERY : On-campus
Off-campus
MODE OF DELIVERY DETAILS : Students undertaking the University
Certificate in
Maintenance Engineering must enrol in this unit in theoff-campus
mode. Any other students wishing toundertake this unit must enrol
in the on-campus mode.
DESCRIPTION
This unit introduces the principles of maintenance in the
context of mechanical engineering.Students in this unit will build
upon their prior understanding of mechanical systems to thenexplore
the different approaches to maintaining them. The wider activities
associated with themaintenance department and its structure are
introduced. A range of topics relevant to industrialmaintenance
practice are also covered including component life times, costing,
lubrication aswell as safety.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:1.
identify the differences between the main approaches to industrial
maintenance;2. describe the basic technical and administrative
environments through which
maintenance activities occur;3. describe the wider impact of
maintenance operations on safety and the environment.
UNIT CONTENT
1. Fundamental approaches to maintenance.2. Maintenance
costing.3. The maintenance department, its staffing and
structure.4. Component life time and reliability.5. The planning
and scheduling function.6. Machine lubrication.7. Maintenance
documentation and reporting.8. Maintenance safety and the
environment.9. Sustainable maintenance practice.10. Case studies in
maintenance.
TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES
Lectures and tutorials.
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GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES
The following graduate attribute will be developed in this unit
Ability to communicate Critical appraisal skills
ASSESSMENT
Grading Schema 1
Item On-Campus Assessment Value
Review Review of maintenance related topic 25%
Assignment Problems and/or case studies 25%
Examination End of semester examination 50%
Item Off-Campus Assessment Value
Review Review of maintenance related topic 25%
Assignment Problems and/or case studies 25%
Examination End of semester examination 50%
To be eligible to pass this unit, students must pass the
end-of-semester examination.
SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES
Stephens, M. P. (2004). Productivity and reliability-based
maintenance management.NewJersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
R. K. Mobley (Ed.). (2001). Plant engineers handbook.New-York:
The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc.Wiremann, T. (2008). Maintenance work management
processes.New-York: Industrial Press,Inc.
Mobley, K., Higgins, L., & Wikoff, D. (2008). Maintenance
engineering handbook(7th ed.).Boston: McGraw-Hill Professional.
Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic
misconduct and there are
substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are
found in breach of these rules.Academic misconduct includes, but is
not limited to:
plagiarism; unauthorised collaboration; cheating in
examinations; theft of other students work.
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes
must be work that has not beensubmitted previously, by any person,
for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities,
including misconduct, can be
